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Byline: Matt Stevens His granddaughter, the actress Riley Keough, claims that a company is fraudulently planning to auction off Elvis's home in Memphis. Lawyers for the actress Riley Keough, the [...]

His granddaughter, the actress Riley Keough, claims that a company is fraudulently planning to auction off Elvis’s home in Memphis. Lawyers for the actress Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis [...]

Mr. Wilson, whose musical genius powered the Beach Boys, has dementia, according to his publicist. His wife, Melinda, died last month. The family of Brian Wilson, the musical architect whose [...]

The government said that it is seeking to appeal a court ruling that had allowed the proposed online auction of some of Nelson Mandela's belongings to move forward. The South [...]

Byline: Matt Stevens South Africa tried to force the return of what it deemed 'heritage objects.' But a court sided with Mandela's daughter, who plans to use the sale to [...]

South Africa tried to force the return of what it deemed ''heritage objects.'' But a court sided with Mandela's daughter, who plans to use the sale to finance a memorial [...]

South Africa tried to force the return of what it deemed “heritage objects.” But a court sided with Mandela’s daughter, who plans to use the sale to finance a memorial [...]

An effort to limit what Russia can charge for its oil exports kicks off Monday, but officials in Moscow threatened to curb production in response. Moscow insisted Sunday that it [...]

The country has been hit by a series of political shocks in recent years and now confronts the first hung Parliament in its history. A prime minister accused of stealing [...]

Byline: Matt Stevens The institution's leaders hope other cultural centers will follow its lead. It has already announced plans to return most of its collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria [...]

Byline: Matt Stevens The Smithsonian has 39 of the West African artifacts in its possession. The move comes as the museum is reviewing its collection practices. The Smithsonian Institution, one [...]

Cultural institutions face tough decisions: Is it safe to drop mask and vaccine requirements, and would doing so be more likely to lure audiences back or keep them away? When [...]

The Smithsonian has 39 of the West African artifacts in its possession. The move comes as the museum is reviewing its collection practices. The Smithsonian Institution, one of the world's [...]

The San Francisco Art Institute, which has been plagued by crippling debt, has formalized plans to integrate with -- and eventually be acquired by -- the University of San Francisco. [...]

The company will delay the start of its season by nine days, the latest performing arts group to cancel or postpone programming as the virus surges. New York City Ballet [...]

The playwright ended a run of ''Paradise Blue'' a week after it opened at the Geffen Playhouse. The theater acknowledged ''missteps.'' The playwright Dominique Morisseau has ended the run of [...]

Byline: Matt Stevens The institution's National Museum of African Art says it has removed the artworks from display. It is the latest museum to begin a process that could lead [...]

The Philadelphia Museum will return a 16th-century shield that scholars say was once owned by Archduke Franz Ferdinand and later taken by the Nazis. The Philadelphia Museum of Art said [...]

With the ''Booksmart'' actress taking on the role originated by Barbra Streisand in 1964, the show is getting its first Broadway revival in 58 years. Beanie Feldstein will star as [...]

The reimagined revival was closed by the pandemic, and then its lead producer, Scott Rudin, said he would step back from active participation in his shows after being accused of [...]

The free, beloved summer tradition will enjoy an extended run, but currently plans very limited capacity, with masks required. One of New York City's hottest tickets is about to get [...]

The venue will welcome audiences back indoors June 19 for the Tribeca Festival's closing night. In the latest sign of just how quickly vaccinations are changing what New Yorkers can [...]

The Metropolitan Opera hopes to reopen in September after its long pandemic closure, but simmering labor tensions have called that date into question. As New York prepares for the long-awaited [...]

The group behind the awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been under pressure for its lack of Black members and its financial practices. NBCUniversal announced Monday that it would [...]

The movie musical is set to play the United Palace in Washington Heights, the neighborhood where the story is set. It will also screen outdoors in all five boroughs. The [...]

The musicians, who went unpaid for nearly a year, have been invited to join Fabio Luisi, their former principal conductor, and his Dallas Symphony for two benefit concerts. The musicians [...]

Officials announced plans to create 10 outdoor spaces for pandemic-era performances and rehearsals, and to work with blood drives and food banks. Lincoln Center is known for the grandeur of [...]

Inaugurations have long mirrored the nation's cultural life. Joe Biden's will feature Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake and Jon Bon Jovi -- remotely, in an age of illness and threats. So [...]

Republicans want to push forward. Democrats are seething. A bitterly divided nation gets more so as a Supreme Court nomination fight looms. When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, [...]

The Trump campaign had argued that the current schedule would render the debates useless to the many Americans who will vote by mail before they take place. Members of the [...]

New York City is on track to enter Phase 2 on June 22. Other regions of the state are already in Phase 3. Here is our best attempt to explain [...]

New York City is on track to enter Phase 2 on June 22. Other regions of the state are already in Phase 3. Here is our best attempt to explain [...]

Through the new group, Humanity Forward, Mr. Yang wants to advance the ideas he championed during his presidential campaign with voter outreach efforts, a podcast and more. The entrepreneur Andrew [...]

President Trump's former campaign manager, Mr. Lewandowski, had been weighing a bid but said he would focus on Mr. Trump's re-election instead. Corey Lewandowski, the polarizing political operative who was [...]

Democratic presidential candidates want to provide veterans with better health care and increase their access to education and jobs. Pete Buttigieg said a woman should lead the V.A. The large [...]

Byline: Matt Stevens In leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg said he would sue over Elizabeth Warren's antitrust plan if she was elected president. She responded in kind. For months, Senator Elizabeth [...]

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont proposed a new corporate tax on Monday that would penalize some of the country's largest companies if they did not narrow the gap between what [...]

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. endorsed a national assault-weapons buyback program for the first time on Monday night, joining other Democratic presidential candidates in calling for new gun [...]

Amid the relentless focus on Washington and presidential politics, a liberal political action committee has ranked the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates on something much lower on the political food chain [...]

WASHINGTON -- Two nights, four hours, so, so many candidates: the first Democratic presidential debates will be like nothing we've ever seen. A former vice president on stage with a [...]

The Democratic National Committee announced the candidates who qualified for the first debates of the 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday, chopping the historically large field of 23 contenders down to [...]

Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey rolled out a broad plan on Monday that seeks to combat gun violence through measures including a gun licensing program and a ban on [...]

As you may have heard, the first Democratic presidential debate will be split across two nights, June 26 and 27, because there are so many candidates: 20 and counting. What [...]

CYBERSECURITY Equifax Says Regulators Seek Damages in Breach Equifax said it was informed by several regulators that they intend to seek damages from the company related to the cybersecurity breach [...]

The family of a couple who were killed by an undocumented immigrant; a police officer and synagogue member who survived a mass shooting in Pittsburgh; a woman who was granted [...]

The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office on Thursday took the rare step of asking a State Supreme Court justice to appoint a special prosecutor in an obstacle-laden case involving two New [...]

Several of the wildfires that left stunning damage while ripping across California wine country last fall were caused by power lines, poles and other equipment owned by Pacific Gas and [...]

Bob Woodward, the indefatigable Washington Post journalist who has chronicled several presidential administrations in best-selling books, has his latest subject: Donald J. Trump. Simon & Schuster plans to publish ''Fear: [...]

It looks as if President Trump will get the military parade he has coveted for months. But it will not be on the Fourth of July -- and it will [...]

After months of escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, officials made a stunning announcement on Thursday: Kim Jong-un, the North's leader, had invited President Trump to meet [...]